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Kabul orders US reporter to leave over poll story

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Afghanistan yesterday ordered a New York Times correspondent to leave the country after he wrote an article saying government ministers and officials were threatening to seize power to end a stand-off over election results. The attorney general's office said the article was 'against the national interests and the national security of Afghanistan' and that Matthew Rosenberg must leave within 24 hours. The move underlined fears that media freedoms gained since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 are being lost as the US-led military intervention and civilian aid program in Afghanistan wind down.
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.

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